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Railroad History Story:   Railroad Initiation Rites

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INITIATION RITES FOR NEW RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

  • Have someone go up to the locomotive to get a bucket of steam.

  • Send someone to get the red kerosene for the red light in the lanterns.

  • Have someone stand by the trackpans as a train came by to take on water.

  • Have someone go up to the locomotive for a can of compressed air.

  • Look for a lefthanded switch key